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1.The World Health Organisation on Sunday urged countries around the world not to impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concerns over the new omicron variant.WHO's regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, called on countries to follow science and international health regulations in order to avoid using travel restrictions.-indiatoday.in

2.The US Defense Department will be upgrading and expanding military facilities in Guam and Australia, underscoring its focus on China as the country's leading defense rival, officials said.The details of the "global posture review," commissioned by President Joe Biden's administration early this year, would remain classified, the officials added, so as not to reveal plans to rivals.-hindustantimes.com

3.A delegation from the United States expressed deep concerns over alleged human rights abuses in Afghanistan during its meeting with Taliban representatives at Doha in Qatar.The team, led by special representative for Afghanistan Thomas West, asked the ruling Islamic militant group to take necessary action to protect the rights of citizens in the war-torn nation, the US state department said.-hindustantimes.com

4.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to travel to the United Arab Emirates at the beginning of 2022 to attend the Dubai Expo 2020, where the Indian pavilion has been a grand success. This could be his first visit abroad in the new year.Titled “A sustainable future for the planet”, India’s massive four-floor pavilion promises to captivate visitors with a mix of Ayurveda, yoga, space programmes, and its fast-growing USD 2.5 trillion economy.-indiatoday.com

5.A day after Parliament cleared a Bill to repeal the three new agriculture laws which triggered farmer protests last year, the government Tuesday sought names of five representatives from the protesting farm unions for inclusion in a committee proposed by the Prime Minister to discuss issues like promotion of zero-budgeting farming and making MSP more “effective and transparent”.-theindianexpress.com

6.With six international passengers from “countries at-risk” testing positive for Covid-19 in Maharashtra, the state government on Tuesday tightened rules for international travellers, making institutional quarantine of seven days compulsory for all coming from these countries.-theindianexpress.com

7.Two intense weather systems are likely to bring widespread rain to west, northwest and parts of the east coast during the next 5 days according to India Meteorological Department. A low pressure area is likely to form over east central Arabian sea off Maharashtra coast on Wednesday even as a trough (line of low pressure) at mean sea level is running from the cyclonic circulation over Arabian Sea to the north Maharashtra coast.-hindustantimes.com

8.BMC postpones school reopening amid Omicron fears.-Amid growing concern over the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the BMC on Tuesday postponed the reopening of schools for classes I to VII to December 15. Schools were previously scheduled to reopen on December 1.-theindianexpress.com

9.This year, Marriott International is taking the nutrient requirements of guests a notch higher with the introduction of Mood Diets 2.0, with a vegan touch to all the dishes, curated from natural and plant-based dishes.The new menu will be co-created by crowd sourcing authentic recipes via a contest that will be hosted across 15 cities.-bwhotelier.com

10.Raffles Udaipur, India’s first Raffles hotel, opens on August 2, 2021 offering a fresh perspective on the city of Udaipur and region of Rajasthan from a 21-acre private island set in the middle of the serene Udai Sagar lake.-hotelierindia.com